Bio & Incident Details
Age: 54
Tour: 11 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Duty related illness
Incident Date: 4/16/1935
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Officer John Carpenter died as the result of an injury and
infection to his hand sustained during a struggle with a
prisoner two weeks earlier. His hand received a cut when he
struck the prisoner in the teeth. A serious infection set in
which required surgery to his hand and arm.
He died as a result of the infection at Baptist Hospital.
Officer Carpenter had served with the agency for 11 years. He was survived by his wife.
